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San Francisco, California, January 18-19, 2001

“Investment In Innovation (In3):  A Preview of

Early-Stage Medical Technology Companies”

 

This two-day event highlighted new, leading-edge technologies under 
development by
53 small, mostly privately-held medical technology 
companies seeking partnering and/or investment.  The meeting drew an 
attendance of over 260 senior executives from major medical device and
biopharmaceutical companies, as well as medical technology investment
firms.

The forum provided focused overviews by a senior executive from each 
company, followed by the opportunity to meet one-on-one in private 
breakout rooms.

The presenting companies included:

Advanced Materials Design LLC -- biomaterials and tissue regeneration scaffolds

Avacore Technologies, Inc. -- noninvasive temperature management

Bacchus Vascular Inc. -- alternative techniques and devices for percutaneous venous and arterial thrombectomy

BaFF, LLC -- embolic protection during carotid and coronary angioplasty

BIOMEC Inc. -- biomedical product development and commercialization

Bioxid Ltd Oy -- biomaterials for drug delivery applications

Cardiac Telecom Corporation -- automatic, real-time, home-based arrhythmia detection, alarm and surveillance system

CBYON, Inc. -- visualization software for minimally invasive surgery

Corazón Technologies, Inc. -- demineralization techniques

eMinent Technology Partners -- clinical trials management, regulatory consulting

Endius, Inc. -- spine endoscopy technologies

Fascia Biosystems --  fascia grafts for tissue augmentation

Genzyme Biosurgery -- gene and cell therapy in bio-orthopedics and cardiothoracic surgery

Harmonia -- long term management of benign prostatic hypertrophy

Heart-Tech Corp. -- anastomotic couplers for CABG and other vascular surgeries

Insulet Corporation -- drug delivery technologies

Islet Sheet Medical, LLC -- bio-artificial pancreas to cure diabetes

Lightwave Medical Industries, Ltd. -- fiber-optic control and sensing technology 

Medafor, Inc. -- hemostatic polymer technologies

Medical Dynamics, LLC -- devices for treatment of deep vein thrombosis, venous stasis and other circulatory disorders

Medivance, Inc. -- therapeutic temperature management for critical applications

Medlyte, Inc. -- technology for the early diagnosis and treatment of cardiac ischemia

Medmar -- e-business platforms for medical device manufacturers

MedQuest Products, Inc. -- artificial heart for treatment of congestive heart failure

Monitrak -- remote monitoring technology

NeoSeed, LLC -- devices for prostate brachytherapy

NexGenics Bioscience Corp. -- automated embryo culture systems

Novare Surgical Systems, Inc. -- cardiac and vascular atraumatic occlusion systems

Onux Medical, Inc. -- medical and surgical devices for tissue closure and anastomosis

Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. -- cellular therapy for damaged and diseased tissues

PARÉ Surgical, Inc. -- rigid and flexible endoscopic suturing

Percardia -- stent blood to ventricle alternative to coronary bypass

POC Assays, Inc. -- wireless point-of-care diagnostics technology

QRS Diagnostic, LLC -- low-cost, computerized diagnostic & monitoring instrumentation

Revivant -- advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation technology

SCANIS, Inc. -- mammography computer-aided detection

Scimagix, Inc. -- image informatics

Selective Genetics Inc. -- gene therapeutics and DNA devices

Sentek Group -- active hydrogel biosensors

Sleep Solutions, Inc. -- sound analysis technology applied to in-home patient monitoring systems for sleep-disordered breathing

Spotlight Health -- celebrity and "omni-media" based patient awareness and compliance

Starion Instruments -- instrumentation for simultaneous sealing and dividing of soft tissue

STS Biopolymers, Inc. -- biocompatible coatings for medical devices

Sulzer Biologics, Inc. -- growth factor technology for cardiovascular and wound management applications

Surgi-Vision, Inc. -- miniature internal MRI coils

Tissue Transformation Technologies -- cell-based in vitro models for research, drug metabolism, toxicity and compound screening

TissueLink Medical Inc. -- hemostasis and anastomosis device

TransDerm Technologies, LLC. -- dermal patch technologies with applications in diagnostics, drug delivery targetting and others

UltraClenz Corporation -- infection control via touch-free dispensing systems

UroMetrics, Inc. -- therapeutic & diagnostic products for male and female sexual health

Vascular Architects, Inc. -- remote endarterectomy for superficial femoral artery occlusive disease

Vital Link.net -- electronic patient consent

Watchitwork.com -- user controlled, interactive, 3D technology for demonstration of medical products

Keynote Presentations:
Thomas Fogarty, M.D., Cardiac Surgeon and Entrepreneur
"Perspective on Small Startups Versus Established Companies"

Sharon O'Reilly, President, Medtech Insight
"Medical Technology in the New Millennium"

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